Engaging Faith-Based Organizations in the Response to Maternal Mortality
“Faith-inspired organizations have many different opportunities [than non-faith-based NGOs]. The point that is often reiterated is that religions are sustainable. They will be there before the NGOs get...
View ArticleDelivering Solutions: Advancing Dialogue To Improve Maternal Health (Report...
“Throughout the 2009-2011 Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health lecture series, we always heard the same good news: we know how to save the lives of women and girls.Directions: Directions to the Wilson...
View ArticleDelivering Solutions: Advancing Dialogue To Improve Maternal Health
'Delivering Solutions' captures, analyzes, and synthesizes the strategies and recommendations that emerged from the the Woodrow Wilson Center’s 2009-2011 "Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health" series.
View ArticleAddressing the Evolving Needs of Haiti’s Women and Children Two Years After...
Please join the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Global Health Council, Management Sciences for Health, Population Services International, and United Nations Population Fund for an...
View ArticleLearning From Success: Ministers of Health Discuss Accelerating Progress in...
“The gains we have made [in reducing maternal mortality rates] are remarkable; however, gains are fragile and donor resources are declining. Substantial investments must be maintained to safeguard...
View ArticleWilson Center Announces New Program on Global Sustainability & Resilience
Washington – The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars today announced the creation of a new program to study the impact of global changes—such as population growth, resource scarcity,...
View ArticleBest of Both Worlds: Moving On, But Staying With ECSP
I have a bit of news to share. After 15 years at the Wilson Center, I will be moving back to my home town of Athens, Ohio, this fall to become a professor at Ohio University’s Voinovich School of...
View ArticleProgrammatic and Policy Recommendations for Addressing Obstetric Fistula and...
Obstetric fistula is “not just a medical issue, but a human issue,” said Dr. Luc de Bernis, senior maternal health advisor at UNFPA, during a September 27 panel discussion at the Wilson...
View ArticleStrategic Steps for Global Action on Maternal Health Medicines
"We know maternal health medicines are safe, we know they’re effective, we know they’re essential to keeping women healthy throughout pregnancy and childbirth,” said Kristy Kade at the Wilson Center on...
View ArticleDelivering Solutions to Improve Maternal Health and Increase Access to Family...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 800 women die daily from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Almost all of these deaths occur in developing...
View ArticleMaternal Health in India: Emerging Priorities (New Delhi, Boston, Washington,...
The Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, in partnership with UNFPA and the Maternal Health Task Force, is heading to New Delhi, India, to co-host, with the Population Foundation of India, a...
View ArticleImpact of Violence Against Women on Maternal Health
Women suffering from intimate partner violence are more likely to suffer from complications during their pregnancy, including miscarriage, low birth weight, and excessive bleeding. They’re also more...
View ArticleRespectful Maternal Health Care
A recent Atlantic article details the abuse of an Indian woman, by a health worker, as she undergoes a caesarean section. While strides have been made in providing access to maternal healthcare...
View ArticleRoger-Mark De Souza Named Director of Population, Environmental Change, and...
The Wilson Center today announced that noted population-environment expert Roger-Mark De Souza will join the Wilson Center as Director of Population, Environmental Change, and Security. De Souza will...
View ArticleVision, Innovation, and Action to Address Child Marriage
Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center
View ArticleWomen-Centered Maternity Care, Family Planning, and HIV: Principles for...
Increasingly, family planning and HIV programs are seeking to expand their services to include maternal health care. The movement to integrate health services provides an important opportunity to share...
View ArticleThe Role of Family Planning in Improving Maternal Health
Increasing access to voluntary family planning services is key to the success of Millennium Development Goal 5, which calls for reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to...
View ArticleECSP and GHI Hiring
The Environmental Change and Security Program and Global Health Initiative are seeking two Program Assistants to support a busy office in our work on environmental, population, health, security, and...
View ArticleDelivering Success: Scaling Up Solutions for Maternal Health (Report Launch)
Since 2009, the Wilson Center’s Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health series, one of the few forums dedicated to maternal health, has brought together experts, donors, and policymakers from around the...
View ArticleDelivering Success: Scaling Up Solutions for Maternal Health
We know a great deal about what it takes to prevent most pregnancy-related deaths and complications. This collective knowledge, coupled with political commitment and action, has led to a global...
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